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A Compendium of Suitcase Re-do’s

July 22, 2009 by Stefanie Girard

3720942195_8a73f0d436_o Jennifer Perkins of the fabulously colorful blog Naughty Secretary Club, has put together an amazing post of all sorts of ways to reuse, remake and all together enjoy old suitcases. They are a wonderful way to store stuff but I haven’t taken the plunge myself and used them to display things or incorporate them into my home decor. She offers up a whole host of ideas she has collected from a bunch of great sources including this innovative way to display jewelry designed by  Kelly Ferrell. For the full totorial on how to make this pop on over to her blog: Off The Record.

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Comments

  1. jennifer perkins says

    July 23, 2009 at 7:00 am

    Hey Stephanie thanks for the mention!

  2. erin, maker of chimes says

    July 28, 2009 at 1:41 pm

    That makes such a cute display!

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